John Little

John Little (1147-), nicknamed "Little John", was a member of Robin Hood's "Merry Men" of Sherwood Forest.

Biography
John Little was a farmer from Nottinghamshire, and he had a wife named Fanny Little and a son, Wulf Little. He had a price put on his head by George, Sheriff of Nottingham, because of his involvement with Will Scarlet's "Merry Men", stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. In 1194, he fought against Robin of Locksley when he refused to pay a toll for passing through the forest with his companions Duncan and Azeem Edin Bashir al-Bakir, and Robin won the fight by threatening to drown John. Robin lived with the bandits and befriended John, and Robin was later made the leader of the group, now called the "Merry Men". The bandits harassed the Sheriff of Nottingham and his men, and they gained infamy. An army of Celts was hired to bring down the bandits, and the bandits killed most of the Celts before the Sheriff's men used fire arrows to burn down the bandits' camp. John, his wife, and their newborn son escaped, while Wulf and nine other men were captured. John and Fanny accompanied Robin and four other men to rescue their friends, and they stormed Nottingham Castle, where they stopped their companions from being hanged. Robin killed the sheriff there and, soon after, King Richard the Lionheart returned to England and peace was restored to England.